# procura
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pɾuˈku.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾoˈku.ɾa]

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from procurar.

#### Noun

procura f (plural procures)
* proxy
    Synonym: procuració

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

procura
* inflection of procurar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “procura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʁɔ.ky.ʁa/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

procura
* third-person singular past historic of procurer

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /proˈku.ra/
* Rhymes: -ura
* Hyphenation: pro‧cù‧ra

### Etymology 1

From procurare.

#### Noun

procura f (plural procure)
* power of attorney, proxy
    Synonyms: mandato, delega
* letter of attorney, warrant of attorney
    Synonyms: mandato, delega
* public prosecutor's office

##### Related terms

* procuratore
* procurare

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

procura
* inflection of procurare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /proːˈkuː.raː/, [proːˈkuːräː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /proˈku.ra/, [proˈkuːrä]

### Verb

prōcūrā
* second-person singular present active imperative of prōcūrō

### References

* procura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾoˈku.ɾɐ/, /pɾuˈku.ɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾoˈku.ɾɐ/, /pɾuˈku.ɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾoˈku.ɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾɔˈku.ɾɐ/
* Rhymes: -uɾɐ
* Hyphenation: pro‧cu‧ra

### Etymology 1

From procurar (“to look for”).

#### Noun

procura f (plural procuras)
* search (an attempt to find something)
    Synonym: busca
* pursuit (act of pursuing a goal)
    Synonym: busca
* (economics) demand (amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price)
    Synonym: demanda
    Antonym: oferta

##### Derived terms

* lei da oferta e da procura

##### Related terms

* procurante
* procurar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

procura
* inflection of procurar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “procura”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “procura”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “procura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “procura”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “procura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “procura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French procurer, from Latin prōcūrāre.

### Verb

a procura (third-person singular present procură, past participle procurat) 1st conjugation
* to procure

#### Conjugation
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾoˈkuɾa/ [pɾoˈku.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -uɾa
* Syllabification: pro‧cu‧ra

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from procurar.

#### Noun

procura f (plural procuras)
* procural, procurement
* procuratorship, attorneyship

##### Related terms

* cura
* curar
* procurar

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

procura
* inflection of procurar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “procura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10